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Left: огнеопасно - высокое напряжение  Ogneopasno - vysokoe naprjaženie, "FLAMMABLE - HIGH VOLTAGE"
Up right: осторожно Ostorožno, "Caution"

Low right: осторожно! злой зангиев Ostorožno! Zloj ZANGIEV, "CAUTION! EVIL ZANGIEF"
I suppose it refers to Gief's heel persona, whom his two students (the ones similar to Gunloc and Biff behind Gief) reveal with their sandwich double lariat at the beginning.

Also, the stage is called "Barmaley Steelworks". That's a reference to Barmaley Fountain in Volgograd, which in turn comes from the fictional pirate Barmaley. I call @-PVL93-to confirm that.

Gief's students have 右王 migiō "right king" and 左 hidariō "left king" tattooed on their bodies.

Speaking of Murata...

18 minutes ago, CESTUS III said:

Likely 

Seems also Dhalsim got one 

Wonder if Manon, Marisa or Lily will get one too

Honestly, if DHALSIM got a crouching throw, it would be pretty stupid if the grapplers didn't. Honda as well, as sumō has many cool throws from a crouching position. A good izori would be awesome.

1 hour ago, Reticently said:

 

 

 

Now I remember the leaked comment about Zangief having "more throws than ever" and I'm drooling at the idea he could've gotten his old crouching throws back. 🤤

1 hour ago, Daemos said:

What is she is saying to that pretender!





There's gotta be a clue there somewhere!

The first blue one is the commentator: "A match where we didn't know who was going to win until the end! Both contestants deserve an applause!"
Then, Marisa: "I wanted a more satisfying fight, though." She seems slightly disappointed.
Love that she carries away her opponent after the win.

There's also Manon's quote to Dee Jay. Ryoredcyclone notes that she seems to be posting on Instagram.

"Well, my dear followers! I'm going to post this match too!"

In the original Japanese, "Departure" is ヴィハート Vihaato, from the Russian выход vychod, "exit, departure". Fun callback to Zangief's stage in SF2...
 

26 minutes ago, CESTUS III said:

-It's absolutely great we can mix Specials (and i take as given Supers, as was in the menu screen), but can we edit normals moveset too? And if so to wich extent?

Considering a created character was seen doing Kimberly's standard Bunshinryū combo LP-MP-HP-HK, you ABSOLUTELY can. It would make no sense otherwise.

52 minutes ago, CESTUS III said:

Sticking to SF6 rather ask how Marisa can be that big would rather ask why Luke have two bowling-ball size cancers as forearms, that puzzle me more

You know the answer but you still can't accept it.

30 minutes ago, CESTUS III said:

'm not even going to debate with people if was right thing to do, specially not with kind of "changed for teh better!" replies

Capcom this time seems VERY cautious to not trigger american internet outrage, so guess make sense for them

Considering how feathers and warpaint ARE a touchy subject for ACTUAL Native Americans, trust me, they've done well.

Shout out to @Phantom_Miriafor his ceaseless persecution of Eventhubs morons who whine because Marisa is supposedly some woke agenda ruining THEIR games. I'm still laughing. 😂

4 hours ago, Shakunetsu said:

interesting bits on Manon

He's absolutely right.
In Naoki Urasawa's Yawara! (1986), Belkins is the Belgian top model who ALSO is a jūdōka. She retires after Yawara soundly beats her, to dedicate herself only to modeling.
Fujiko Itō is one of Yawara's friends, who is tall and practices ballet, which influences her movements.
Lastly, the medal's ostentation recalls Sayaka, Yawara's rich, spoiled and ambitious rival, a classic drama queen who craves the limelight. While Manon doesn't seem so exaggerated, the inspirations are clear as crystal. Yawara is still a fountain of inspirations after more than 30 years...

2 minutes ago, DarthEnderX said:

It could also just be to represent colors on the Russian flag.  Given that JP is supposedly Russian.

With the white of the snow, it could indeed work. Anyway, we'll see... I wonder if Capcom is going to give Zangief a more active role in the story, considering that the major villain is supposedly a fellow countryman.

On a more serious note, I wonder if China is going to protest somehow.
You know, basing Nayshall on TIBET could be... problematic.
Sure, the stage is a total mashup of everything "north of India", so Capcom could simply say "It's absolutely NEPAL/BHUTAN/UTTARAKHAND/SIKKIM/ANYTHING BUT NOT TIBET WE SWEAR" and be safe. The imagery is interesting. Besides the obviously hexagonal mosaics (fitting for SF6), there's the buddhist trident triśūla, commonly found everywhere in the Asian Southeast. They also distorted the Dharma wheel to fit an hexagon, but if you look closely the wheel's spokes are still EIGHT as in the traditional Dharma wheel.

2 hours ago, Phantom_Miria said:

All he's missing is some connections with the Illuminati.

The blue and red drapes could suggest otherwise, but that could be a simple red herring... We'll see about that.

Fun fact: apparently¹, the Hindi name नैशाल NAISHAL means "Mountain". It's indeed a mountainous country.


¹ "Apparently" as in "various baby names dictionaries on the net", which I don't trust much when it comes to etymology. They're prone to say any BS, so this fact still needs a proper research.

So Kimberly has a surname.
Kimberly Jackson.

7 minutes ago, CESTUS III said:

All trailer told us is that her and Manon have maybe some rivalry going on (wich i doubt is much important plot related, would bet on simple mutual dislike)

Nah, they CLEARLY love each other, come on.

14 minutes ago, Daemos said:

Don't know about the Lions though

Just ask Sagat. Or Gief's sponsors, for that matter. 😂
I think Marisa is VERY rich from her job as master jeweller, so she just rented the Coliseum to suit her dreams, complete with lions and 300's cosplayers. Notice their shields: they have the Spartans' lambda Λ, but modified to resemble Marisa's necklace pendant (which in turn resembles a Roman gladius). That's GENIUS DESIGN.

5 minutes ago, Daemos said:

I am struggling to figure out how there is a Roman/Greek army just casually overlooking a Street Fight in this game. Are cosplayers? Cult? This is almost like the T-Rex running amok in that SF4 stage.

Friendly reminder that Menat is a freaking walking Ancient Egyptian cosplayer with actual magic powers. Just to provide CONTEXT. 😛
Anyway, that wouldn't be much of a hassle even in actual Rome, since outside the Coliseum there is a prolific business (although legally and morally questionable) of Ancient Roman cosplayers who sell photos with them.

I'm honestly surprised @CESTUS III, of all people, DIDN'T notice THIS GUY.

 

(just joking, it's more likely they wanted to reference 300's Dilios. Even though Cestus's Demetrios would be a fitting comparison, because he's Greek as well, knows pankration and acts as Nero's personal bodyguard)

After all, it's not the first time Capcom referenced 300. Even HONDA in SFV paraphrased "This is Spartaaaa" during his CA... 😂

4 hours ago, EvilCanadian said:

Ok the one thing that bugs me

 

Is Marisa in her stage and her well, everything, constantly shifts back between Roman and Greek stuff, to the point where I don't think they know the difference. Like here is a roman gladiator besides what is nominally a spartan/macedonian hoplite. They are nowhere near the same thing!

It shouldn't bug you because Marisa herself says she considers the rightful heir of the warriors of Ancient Greece, so...
 

3 hours ago, Phantom_Miria said:

The Greeks never had gladiatorial games: they were the guys who had theater, they had bearded philosophers walking up and down porticoes asking each others stuff like "what's the best system of government?" or "what is the true nature of reality?" or "women suck!", they had the Olympics and pederasty, but they never had gladiatorial games. The Romans were the guys who invented gladiatorial games, just like they had crucifixion as preferred execution method, a love for massive war crimes like the burning of Carthage, the sack of Corinth and the Gallic Wars, civil wars and codified rule of law.

On the other hand, the Romans took so much after the Greeks that they were somewhat "grecised" even if they factually conquered Greece. Greek slaves were customarily employed as tutors for the wealthy Roman kids because they were considered the most cultured. The Romans harboured so deep an envy for the perceived Greek cultural superiority that they ("they" = "Vergil") created a whole epic work just to make themselves pass as the direct descendants of the Trojans whom the Greeks once defeated, because that's what the Aeneids really is.
So, even if I notice Spartans hoplites in the Coliseum, I just laugh. We already had a mostly-Venice mashup sold as Genoa, so it isn't the first time.

2 hours ago, Skort said:

Based on what good view you get, this better be plus on block. I definitely wont be remembering all the names of the moves so i'll be doing what i always do name them myself. If her command grab is called the  'oh là là " , this particular move here i'll call the  Crêpes Suzette

Just wait until Capcom reveals the names of her normals (obviously only in the Japanese version, because they never bothered to do the same with the International editions) and they name them exactly like that. I mean, Falke's normals were PLANT NAMES IN GERMAN because they... I don't know, I suppose they just sounded cool.

4 hours ago, EvilCanadian said:

I am afraid if I speak up something will change though, cause I think I partially caused the Lily re-design by opening my mouth on the clubs lol.

That's interesting. What did you say, and where? Because I don't think they took out the war clubs, just the warpaint...

16 minutes ago, Daemos said:

His bio says he is the head of an NGO, nothing to do with G atm.

No Good Organisation, no doubt.
 

12 minutes ago, CESTUS III said:

Created character can be built using different moves, this is HUGE for me

I KNEW IT. That's like Giant Gram 2000's Create a Wrestler Mode. You start with basic moves and can learn the moves of your opponent by taking them a number of times, discarding the moves you don't want or if their execution overlaps with the motion of a move you want. IT'S A DREAM COME TRUE. 🤩
 

16 minutes ago, CESTUS III said:

Marisa's gladiator pet lion MUST fight Sagat's pet tiger at some point, otherwise SF6 failed

And then Zangief brings in his bear who farts on them both.
 

16 minutes ago, CESTUS III said:

Dee Jay feels his usual self. Not sure i like the cartoon musical notes touch

I LOVE the notes. Dee Jay finally feels like a character that FITS SF, if only because of the urban theme.

6 minutes ago, Sonero said:

Tekken 8 better suck your dick when you load it

It will do it, but with a Heihachi face.

5 minutes ago, JustBooming said:

 

ROTFL I hope that's Segata Sanshiro's exploding throw, Ryu's face and pose is killing me 😂